Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Terry, Geraldine

Titel

No climate justice without gender justice: an overview of the issues

Ist Teil von

• Gender and development, 2009-03, Vol.17 (1), p.5-18

Ort / Verlag

Taylor & Francis Group

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

Quelle

Taylor & Francis

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Both climate change itself and related policies are likely to have wide-ranging effects on gender relations, especially in developing countries. Poor women face many gender-specific barriers that limit their ability to cope with and adapt to a changing climate; these must be removed in the interests of both gender equity and adaptation efficiency. At the same time, gender analysis should be integral to the appraisal of public policies designed to reduce carbon emissions. To date, gender issues have hardly figured in the international policy discourse, including the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Kyoto Protocol. However, this may be changing thanks to feminist lobbying and the increasing involvement of gender specialists in this field. There is a lot at stake; the international post-2012 Kyoto Protocol agreement will have enormous implications for gender equality.